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A concise history of Canada's First Nations
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

Book > History
Creators
Dickason, Olive Patricia
Contributors
Newbigging, William; Dickason, Olive Patricia
Description
"A Concise History of Canada's First Nations, second edition, is a revised, streamlined edition of the award-winning Canada's First Nations: A History of Founding Peoples from Earliest Times, designed to make First Nations' history more accessible to a broader readership. This edition contains a new final chapter covering Prime Minister Stephen Harper's 2008 apology to residential school survivors, the Caledonia land dispute in Ontario, and the First Nations Governance Act. In addition to more than 70 maps and illustrations, it includes numerous boxes highlighting specific subjects, review questions, an extensive glossary of important names and terms, and a list of useful websites." 

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Alternate Title(s)
Canada's First Nations
ISBN
9780195432428
Statement of Responsibility
Olive Patricia Dickason with William Newbigging.
Edition
2nd ed.
Publication Information
Don Mills Ont. : Oxford University Press
Physical Description
xii, 420 : ill., maps 23 cm.
Notes
New version of: Canada's First Nations : a history of Founding Peoples from earliest times.
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